Exodus 2

1And there went a manH376 of the houseH1004 of LeviH3878, and tookH3947 to wife a daughterH1323 of LeviH3878. 2And the womanH802 conceivedH2029, and bare a sonH1121: and when she sawH7200 him that he was a goodly child, she hidH6845 him threeH7969 monthsH3391. 3And when she could not longer hideH6845 him, she tookH3947 for him an arkH8392 of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitchH2203; and she putH7760 the childH3206 therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. 4And his sisterH269 stoodH3320 afarH7350 off, to knowH3045 what would be done to him. 5And the daughterH1323 of PharaohH6547 cameH3381 downH3381 to batheH7364 at the riverH2975; and her maidens walkedH1980 along by the river-side; and she sawH7200 the arkH8392 among the flags, and sentH7971 her handmaid to fetch it. 6And she openedH6605 it, and sawH7200 the childH3206: and, behold, the babe weptH1058. And she had compassionH2550 on him, and saidH559, This is oneH2088 of the Hebrews’H5680 childrenH3206. 7Then saidH559 his sisterH269 to Pharaoh’sH6547 daughterH1323, Shall I go and callH7121 thee a nurse of the HebrewH5680 womenH802, that she may nurse the childH3206 for thee? 8And Pharaoh’s daughterH1323 saidH559 to her, Go. And the maiden went and calledH7121 the child’sH3206 motherH517. 9And Pharaoh’s daughterH1323 saidH559 unto her, TakeH3947 this childH3206 awayH3947, and nurse it for me, and I will giveH5414 thee thy wagesH7939. And the womanH802 tookH3947 the childH3206, and nursed it. 10And the childH3206 grewH1431, and she broughtH935 him unto Pharaoh’s daughterH1323, and he becameH1961 her sonH1121. And she calledH7121 his nameH8034 MosesH4872, and saidH559, Because I drew him out of the waterH4325.

11And it came to pass in those daysH3117, when MosesH4872 wasH1961 grownH1431 up, that he wentH3318 out unto his brethren, and lookedH7200 on their burdens: and he sawH7200 an EgyptianH4713 smiting a HebrewH5680, oneH376 of his brethren. 12And he lookedH7200 this way and that way, and when he sawH7200 that there was no manH376, he smote the EgyptianH4713, and hidH2934 him in the sandH2344. 13And he wentH3318 out the secondH8145 dayH3117, and, behold, twoH8147 menH376 of the HebrewsH5680 were striving together: and he saidH559 to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14And he saidH559, Who madeH7760 thee a princeH8269 and a judgeH8199 over us? thinkest thou to killH2026 me, as thou killedst the EgyptianH4713? And MosesH4872 fearedH3372, and saidH559, Surely the thingH1697 is knownH3045. 15Now when PharaohH6547 heardH8085 this thingH1697, he soughtH1245 to slayH2026 MosesH4872. But MosesH4872 fledH1272 from the faceH6440 of PharaohH6547, and dweltH3427 in the landH776 of MidianH4080: and he satH3427 downH3427 by a wellH875.

16Now the priestH3548 of MidianH4080 had sevenH7651 daughtersH1323: and they cameH935 and drew waterH8248, and filledH4390 the troughs to waterH8248 their father’sH1 flockH6629. 17And the shepherdsH7462 cameH935 and droveH1644 them awayH1644; but MosesH4872 stoodH6965 up and helped them, and wateredH8248 their flockH6629. 18And when they cameH935 to ReuelH7467 their fatherH1, he saidH559, How is it that ye are comeH935 so soon to-day? 19And they saidH559, An EgyptianH4713 deliveredH5337 us out of the handH3027 of the shepherdsH7462, and moreover he drew waterH8248 for us, and wateredH8248 the flockH6629. 20And he saidH559 unto his daughtersH1323, And whereH346 is he? whyH4100 is it that ye have leftH5800 the manH376? callH7121 him, that he may eatH398 breadH3899. 21And MosesH4872 was content to dwellH3427 with the manH376: and he gaveH5414 MosesH4872 ZipporahH6855 his daughterH1323. 22And she bare a sonH1121, and he calledH7121 his nameH8034 GershomH1647; for he saidH559, I have beenH1961 a sojournerH1616 in a foreignH5237 landH776.

23And it came to pass in the course of those manyH7227 daysH3117, that the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 diedH4191: and the children of IsraelH3478 sighed by reason of the bondage, and they criedH2199, and their cryH2199 came up unto GodH430 by reason of the bondage. 24And GodH430 heardH8085 their groaningH5009, and GodH430 rememberedH2142 his covenantH1285 with AbrahamH85, with IsaacH3327, and with JacobH3290. 25And GodH430 sawH7200 the children of IsraelH3478, and GodH430 took knowledge of them.